John Charles HITCHON, b: 1905

^{1922 USSR formed by Soviet states}
^{1939 - 1945 World War II}
^{1945 Atomic bomb detonated (Hiroshima)}
^{1950 Korean War begins}
^{1964 - 1973 Vietnam War}

^{1895 Marconi invents wireless telegraphy}
^{1899 Boer War begins}
^{1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight}
^{1912 Titanic sinks on maiden voyage}
^{1914 - 1918 World War I}

^{1830 French Revolution}
^{1837 Queen Victoria assumes throne}
^{1854 Crimean War with Russia}
^{1869 Opening of Suez Canal}
^{1871 Franco - Prussian War}


		^{Peter HITCHON}^{b.1840 Padiham, Burnley, Lancs d.1887 Padiham, Burnley, Lancs}

	^{Archibald HITCHON}^{b.1869 Padiham, Burnley, Lancs d.1935 Grindleton, Yorks}	^{Ann BIRTWHISTLE}^{b.1831 Padiham, Burnley, Lancs d.1916 Whalley, Lancs}

^{John Charles HITCHON}^{b.1905 Burnley, Lancs d. Y/}

	^{Sarah Ann HOLGATE}^{b.1871 Padiham, Burnley, Lancs d.1941 Grindleton, Yorks}





^{Alice NUTTER}^{b. d. Y/}